URBAN PROCESS

POLICY / DESIGN

PROPOSALS

TOPIC :

TRANSPORT

Hantao Wei

IND

EX

BACKGROUND

CRISIS

ISSUES

SOLUTIONS

POLICIES

BACKGROUND

CRISIS

ISSUES

SOLUTIONS

POLICIES

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

Adelaide Public Transport System:

• 4,500 kms+ of bus routes• 11 kms of tram line• 15 Trams• 7,436 bus stops• 882 buses• 120 kms of train line• 85 stations• 94 rail cars• 21 Park‘n’Rides• 10 Safer Stations• 12 kms of O-Bahn track• 244 bus routes• 6 train & 1 tram route• 43.6 million revenue kms• 214 natural gas buses

Source: Adelaide Metro official website

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

Adelaide Public Transport Network:

Source: Planning strategy for Metropolitan Adelaide – December 2007

Central City Activity Centre

Regional Activity Centres

District Activity Centres

Railway

Bus go-zones

Trams

O - Bahn

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

Central City Activity Centre

Regional Activity Centres

District Activity Centres

Railway

Bus go-zones

Trams

O - Bahn

Zoom in:

Source: Planning strategy for Metropolitan Adelaide – December 2007

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

How Many People Own a Car / Cars in Adelaide:

• 46% of Adelaide’s households had one registered motor vehicle

• 41% of Adelaide’s households had two or more registered vehicles

•Total 87% of Adelaide’s households had at least one registered motor vehicle

13% people had no Car

46% people had 1 car

41% people had 2 cars or more

According to an Australian Bureau of Statistics report (People and the Environment – Use of Resources: Transport Choices and the Environment 1998)

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

What Type of Transport do People use Most?

• 78% of people drove to work / study

• only 16% used train / bus

• 3% by cycling

• 3% by walking

3% cycling

16% people use public transport

78% people drove

3% walking

According to an Australian Bureau of Statistics report (People and the Environment – Use of Resources: Transport Choices and the Environment 1998)

BACKGROUND

CRISIS

ISSUES

SOLUTIONS

POLICIES

CR

ISIS

Congestion levels will only get worse with a predicted doubling of vehicles clogging our roads by 2020

http://www.sfphotorama.com/2006_02_01_archive.html & http://mandar365.wordpress.com/category/car/

BACKGROUND

CRISIS

ISSUES

SOLUTIONS

POLICIES

ISS

UE

S

Traffic Congestion

motorists are now taking 33% longer to travel during the morning peak hour

motorists holds up by 44 sec / km travelled during rush hours

average 15km working destination daily = 12 minutes delay each day

= 57 minutes each week

= 3000 minutes annually

According to Ausroads – South Australia’s 2030 transport plan

ISS

UE

S

Emission

• 94% from motor vehicles

• 3% from railways

• 2% from commercial shipping / boating

• 1% from aeroplanes

According to National Pollutant Inventory Summary Report of Second Year Data 1999 - 2000

Motor Vehicles 94%

Railways 1%

Commercial Shipping / Boating 2%

Aeroplanes 1%

ISS

UE

S

Petrol Prices Increment / Peak oil

According to ORIMA Research Pty Ltd -- Australian Institute of Petroleum

Adelaide

Average Weekly Prices for the 40 Weeks to Sunday, 3 August 2008

BACKGROUND

CRISIS

ISSUES

SOLUTIONS

POLICIES

density

extension of public transport network

upgraded and extended rail system

link all bus network with other transport instrument, eg: rail, tram

improve interchanges

a frequent, reliable service

SO

LU

TIO

NS

By Encourage People use More Public Transport Instead of Cars

A better, reliable and efficiency public transport system

come up

improve the system now

adjust + regulate

but HOW?

SO

LU

TIO

NS

A Better, Reliable and Efficiency Public Transport System:

Primary Idea -- Hierarchy transport system

http://www.thewellingtoncardiacservices.com/the-heart-cardiovascular-system.asp

City Central

DistrictRegional

Regional

District

District

District

District

District

District

District

District

District

Regional

public transport system

shuttle bus system

SO

LU

TIO

NS

My Proposals

Central City Activity Centre

Regional Activity Centres

District Activity Centres

Existing Railway

Existing Bus go-zones

Existing Trams

Existing O - Bahn

New Bus Line

New Shuttle Bus Line

Source: Planning strategy for Metropolitan Adelaide – December 2007

Regional Activity Centres

District Activity Centres

Existing Transport System

New Bus Line

New Shuttle Bus Line

Central City Activity Centres

SO

LU

TIO

NS

My Proposals

Central City Activity Centre

Regional Activity Centres

District Activity Centres

Existing Railway

Existing Bus go-zones

Existing Trams

Existing O - Bahn

Source: Planning strategy for Metropolitan Adelaide – December 2007

SO

LU

TIO

NS

By Encourage People use Other Transport Instruments

• sharing car

• bicycle

• motorbike / motorscooter • walking

Car Lane Car Lane Motorbike Lane

Bus Lane Bus Stop

Bicycle Lane

Pedestrian

Walk Path

Median

Island

SO

LU

TIO

NS

How Much You can Save by Using Bicycle More?

Annual fuel cost savings (based on $1.50/litre)for various rates of regular cycling, comparing against various vehicles

Fuel savings over a full year, compared with:

Distance cycled each

week

A small car(7L/100km)

A medium car(10L/100km)

A large car(13L/100km)

10km $55 $78 $101

20km $109 $156 $203

40km $218 $312 $406

100km $546 $780 $1014

200km $1092 $1560 $2028

Annual fuel cost savings (based on $1.50/litre)for various rates of regular cycling, comparing against various vehicles

According to The Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas

SO

LU

TIO

NS

How Much You can Save by Using Motorscooter More?

Annual fuel cost savings (based on $1.50/litre)for various rates of regular cycling, comparing against various vehicles

Fuel savings over a full year, compared with:

Distance cycled each

week

A small car(7L/100km)

A medium car(10L/100km)

A large car(13L/100km)

10km $55 $78 $101

20km $109 $156 $203

40km $218 $312 $406

100km $546 $780 $1014

200km $1092 $1560 $2028

Time taken for a 50cc scooter to pay itself off in fuel savings (assuming the scooter costs $2000, achieves 2L/100km and fuel costs $1.50 per litre)

According to The Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas

SO

LU

TIO

NS

How Much You can Save by Using Motorbike More?

Annual fuel cost savings (based on $1.50/litre)for various rates of regular cycling, comparing against various vehicles

Time taken for a 250cc motorbike to pay itself off in fuel savings (assuming the bike costs $4000, achieves 3L/100km and fuel costs $1.50 per litre)

According to The Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas

SO

LU

TIO

NS

Combine to My Proposals

Source: Planning strategy for Metropolitan Adelaide – December 2007

Regional Activity Centres

District Activity Centres

Existing Transport System

New Bus Line

New Shuttle Bus Line

Central City Activity Centres

Walkable Area

Cycling Area

PO

LIC

IES

Annual fuel cost savings (based on $1.50/litre)for various rates of regular cycling, comparing against various vehicles

• Direct charges to road network users

• An additional levy on the cost of fuel at the petrol

• A city access charge -- congestion tax

• Increase the annual motor vehicle registration licencing fee

• Ensure all incomes from above will be used in public transport development or upgrade

• The establishment of bus priority policy and busways

• The establishment of high occupancy transit lanes for use by buses and cars with two

or more people.

• Facilitate high-service public transport routes with affordable pricing

Source: Planning strategy for Metropolitan Adelaide – December 2007

Text References:

• An advanced transport system and interchange in metropolitan, by E. Corduff, Adelaide University of Adelaide. Faculty of Architecture and Planning,• Adelaide Road Passenger Transport. 1836-1958, by Radciffe,J.C, Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia 1974• ENERGY AND TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES IN AUSTRALIA 2007 Update Final Report, by Chris Riedy, Institute for Sustainable Future UTS 2007• Fuel for thought The future of transport fuels: challenges and opportunities, CSIRO Corporate Centre, June 2008• BUDGET OVERVIEW Action now for the future, by Government of South Australia• South Australia’s 2030 Transport Plan, by Government of South Australia